General Construction 

This course explores civil engineering principles and the processes involved in health and safety, and levelling and setting out.

Course content

The course includes:

• Drainage
• Concrete
• Levelling and setting out
• Block paving
• Kerbing
• Brickwork
• Excavation support
• Working at height
• Confined space operations
• Small tools operation
• Movement of plant
• Manual handling.

You’ll also study personal skills. These include:

• Maths
• English
• Drug and alcohol awareness
• Time management
• Personal organisation.

Knowledge, skills and behaviours

• Interpreting information
• Risk assessments and method statements
• Basic civil engineering methods
• Construction elements 
• Effective communications
• Building information modelling (BIM)
• Basic project management 
• Site communication
• Earthworks
• Working area protection
• Health and safety.

Teaching and assessment

18 weeks of training over 24 months.

Week 1: Induction

Weeks 2 to 15: Theoretical and practical training at NCC Scotland in two-week blocks

Weeks 16 to 18: Final assessments

Regular assessment by:

• Written and practical assessments
• Verbal questioning and presentation
• Multiple-choice testing
• College and site-based activity journals
• Evidence of work experience completed through OneFile.

What you get

• SVQ Construction and Civil Engineering Operations (Construction) SCQF level 5

Entry requirements

Academic requirements:

You’ll need to complete a skills learning exercise to help us assess your suitability for this course. Further tests at college are also possible.

General requirements:

1. Good level of physical fitness. This course includes strenuous physical activity.
2. Comfortable working at heights.
3. Comfortable wearing PPE/RPE.
4. Able to work to deadlines.
5. Valid form of ID. See accepted forms of ID.

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